Photocatalytic activity of TiO2 films prepared by surfactant-mediated sol-gel methods over commercial polymer substrates

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 283, Issue , 2016, Pages 535-543

  Camara R M ^a,b   Portela, R ^a,c   Gutierrez Martin F ^b   Sanchez B ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Polymeric substrates; Surfactants; TiO2 SiO2; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ANESTHETICS; DEPOSITION; ESTERS; FILM PREPARATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLYMER FILMS; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

COMMERCIAL POLYMERS; GAS PHASE PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM) CHLORIDE; POLYMERIC SUBSTRATE; POSITIVELY CHARGED SURFACES; TIO2-SIO2;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84939129596     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.080     Document Type: Article

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